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itsbob said:Except the Orange and Green you speak of are religous based, not political like Rep, or Dem.. The colors represent the Protestant's and the Catholics..
Actually the "religion" is only because the countries had official religions. Then when the English invaded Ireland, they tried to make Ireland turn Protestant. Which was their biggest mistake. And their way of doing that was to give all the better jobs to those that converted, and leave the peon, trash hauler, muck-up type of jobs for the Catholic.
That is tha basis of the fighting. The religion is only a symbol of the sellout/English siding...economic reality of life there. If jobs had been based on ability, not religion..there would not have been any conflict.
As an Irish-Catholic, who spent a week getting the Insiders View from both sides. This is how I see it anyway. Did We American make mistakes supporting one side or another...you bet. Have things gotten better. Yeppers! Are people being promoted by ability, not religion...yep, slowly in some areas. But they are honestly trying. That's the important thing.
I'm not trying to argue. Just trying to let you know what I learned...and to show that with the proper motivation &education, even the English and Irish could work things out!
But then when you think about it...the "God" is the Same. Don't know how we'll ever work it out when the "Gods" are different.